wildfires in Siberia

With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.

A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.

Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.

Tyva republic registers Saudi-like heat but is also hit by wildfires.

Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.

At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.

One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.